WHITE-COLLAR


Meaning of WHITE-COLLAR in English

adjective

[ usually before noun ] working in an office, rather than in a factory, etc.; connected with work in offices :

white-collar workers

a white-collar job

white-collar crime (= in which office workers steal from their company, etc.)

—compare blue-collar , pink-collar

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